Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

View the full legal cards list
How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

Current League

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 1 week, 2 days.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Breakfast

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	381	875–723	54.8	42	242
Breakfast	199	511–372	57.9	23	141
Oops All Spells	198	511–370	58.0	23	141
Unctus	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	108–41	72.5
Mono Black Aggro	14–2	87.5
Heroic	7–9	43.8
Mono White Heroic	7–9	43.8
Red Deck Wins	32–7	82.1
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–4	42.9
White Weenie	8–6	57.1
Elves	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	22–8	73.3
Affinity	16–8	66.7
Tempered Steel	6–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	6–2	75.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Brushwaggs	0–1	0.0
Combo	109–81	57.4
Storm	39–21	65.0
Dimir Tendrils	29–16	64.4
Dark Tide	2–2	50.0
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	5–2	71.4
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	7–0	100.0
Recurring Nightmare	6–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	9–9	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	6–9	40.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	44–44	50.0
Oops All Spells	44–44	50.0
Ad Nauseam	1–3	25.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	2–0	100.0
Control	57–66	46.3
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Dreadful Inspiration	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	14–18	43.8
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	23–40	36.5
Astral Slide	23–40	36.5
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	92–70	56.8
Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	24–4	85.7
Infect	24–20	54.5
Simic Infect	19–18	51.4
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	36–41	46.8
Izzet Dreadnought	15–14	51.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	21–26	44.7
Hushnought	1–3	25.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	31–16	66.0
Izzet Tempo	14–10	58.3
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–3	70.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	27–29	48.2
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	4–5	44.4
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Familiars	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	18–23	43.9
Jokulhaups Control	18–23	43.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–8	42.9
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	81–68	54.4
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Angels	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Angels	1–7	12.5
Lifegain Midrange	13–9	59.1
Martyr's Grace	13–9	59.1
Orzhov Midrange	16–25	39.0
Orzhov Capenna	8–2	80.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–3	66.7
Mardu Hero	5–2	71.4
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	32–14	69.6
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–1	85.7
Cloudpost Ramp	5–1	83.3
Greenpost	4–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0